Hamilton Township, Atlantic County

Hamilton Township is a township in Atlantic County, New Jersey, the largest municipality in the state, with 111 square miles of land. The township was incorporated on 5 February 1813, and it was named for Alexander Hamilton, an American Revolutionary War hero and US Treasury Secretary. The township is located along the Great Egg Harbor River, and it includes unincorporated areas such as Mays Landing, McKee City, and Cologne, New Jersey.